Throughout most of the year Egypt is hot and dry. Alexandria and the Mediterranean coast experience milder weather. The short spring is mild and during the 50 days of wind (Khamseen) that usually arrive in April (occasionally can show in march or may), dust storms can occur sporadically.

Sinai represents Egypt's Asian part, as the border between Africa and Asia is drawn along the Suez Canal. The peninsula is roughly triangular in shape, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea, the Negev Desert, the Gulf of Aqaba, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Suez. At its tip in the south the Gulf of Aqaba